stated the following about Spanoulis, "Do you understand who Vassilis Spanoulis is in Europe? He's like the Kobe or Jordan of Europe". Dončić said that when he was young, he was "enchanted" by Spanoulis. Dončić wore the number 7 jersey when he was a member of Real Madrid, as an homage to Spanoulis, who wore the number 7 jersey with the Greece men's national basketball team and Olympiacos Piraeus. Dončić also chose to wear the number 77 jersey with Slovenia's national team and the Dallas Mavericks, in honor of Spanoulis. Club career statistics EuroLeague |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=4| Panathinaikos | 23 || 3 || 27.8 || .534 || .368 || .780 || 2.0 || 3.1 || 1.4 || .0 || 14.6 || 15.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08 | 20 || 5 || 27.8 || .444 || .355 || .750 || 2.6 || 2.7 || 1.3 || .0 || 11.3 || 11.1 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2008–09† | 19 || 9 || 25.6 || .413 || .309 || .879 || 2.4 || 3.5 || 1.2 || .0 || 10.5 || 11.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10 | 14 || 6 || 25.3 || .398 || .277 || .845 || 1.5 || 3.6 || 1.1 || .0 || 10.3 || 9.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=11| Olympiacos | 20 || 17 || 29.5 || .444 || .347 || .852 || 1.8 || 4.3 || 1.1 || .1 || 14.2 || 14.3 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2011–12† | 21 || 19 || 29.8 || .479 || .386 || .827 || 2.0 || 4.0 || .7 || .1 || 16.7 || 16.0 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2012–13† | 31 || 31 || 30.0 || .397 || .321 || .782 || 2.2 || 5.5 || .9 || .0 || 14.7 || 15.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 | 26 || 26 || 28.1 || .430 || .344 || .738 || 2.0 || 4.6 || .4 || .0 || 15.1 || 13.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15 | 26 || 26 || 28.1 || .396 || .333 || .759 || 1.8 || 5.5 || .8 || .1 || 14.4 || 14.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | 20 || 20 || 26.9 || .318 || .260 || .706 || 1.5 || 5.4 || .4 || .0 || 11.2 || 8.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 | 33 || 32 || 26.8 || .396 || .315 || .759 || 1.7